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One Game of Thrones Season 5 Death Was Supposed to Be Far More Graphic

"I don’t know if I should say this, but originally what happened is they gave me those mashed up bananas with like blood- fake blood, and my brains were supposed to be all over the ship and stuff. I was so excited. I don’t like gore but, like, I knew they were just like bananas, so I was okay with it.”

Myrcella's death was caused by poison - the same death that befell her older brother Joffrey. But where Joffrey's death was a public spectacle which left him vomiting, convulsing, and turning purple, Myrcella's death was quick and gentle. Her nose began to bleed, and within seconds she collapsed in her father's arms. A very unique death for Game of Thrones, to say the least.Free went on to explain the reason that her character's death was so toned down from what was initially planned. "They wanted Myrcella’s death to reflect her life, and wanted it to be sweet.”

Of all Cersei's children, Myracella was the one that audiences saw the least of. Both of her brothers were Kings for a time before their deaths, but Myracella was sent away to Dorne in the second season for both political reasons and her own protection. It was only in the fifth season, after the death of Oberyn Martell, that Dorne became one of the regular settings and Myrcella was reintroduced to the story. She was always a sweet and kind child, one of the few characters on Game of Thrones who never hurt anyone else. Myrcella was murdered not for anything she did - but as a pawn in the never ending power play that plagues the Seven Kingdoms.

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Her death came as quite a surprise - both because she was returning home after being gone for so long and because her character is still alive in the books. It's become more common for the books and TV series to deviate from each other as time goes on - and as the show has gotten ahead of the books - so Myrcella is not the only character who is alive on paper and dead on TV. Her death is a haunting one though because her character was so innocent. And that innocence was reflected in the way she died.